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The Border Star The Border Star Official Publication of the Civil War Round Table of Western Missouri “Studying the Border War and Beyond” THIS WEEK IN THE WAR: Cassville, the county seat of Barry County, Missouri, served from October 31 through November 7, 1861 as the Missouri Capitol in exile under Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson and later served as a Union Post for most of the Civil War. See information in the calendar for October 29, 2011 for the reenactment at Cassville. October 2011 The Civil War Round Table of Western Missouri From “Blood & Ashes: How should we remember the border war?” 2011 Officers A guerrilla war is unlike a regular war. If you lived here, there was no escaping President --------- Mike Calvert the border war. “This is a story about normal people, civilians, who are caught in st 1 V.P. -------------- Pat Gradwohl the middle,” Carol Bohl said. Bohl is president of the Missouri/Kansas Border 2nd V.P. ------------- Art Kelley Secretary ---------- Karen Wells War Network and director of the Cass County Historical Society. “They got hit Treasurer ---------- Beverly Shaw by the bushwhackers and the jayhawkers. It didn’t matter which side you were Historian ------------ Barbara Hughes on; it was about where you lived . It was really the worst kind of civil war.” Board Members The government didn’t sanction the guerrilla war so there was no official Delbert Coin Karen Coin Terry Chronister Barbara Hughes recognition of the suffering of civilians and their losses. The only consistent rule Don Moorehead Kathy Moorehead seemed to be that it was forbidden to physically hurt white women. Beyond that, Steve Olson Carol Olson all bets were off in what was some of the most brutal fighting of the Civil War Liz Murphy Terry McConnell era. Terror was both a method and a goal. “This was not a stand-up war with uniformed, flag-carrying massed troops charging one another in open combat or The Border Star Editor Dennis Myers even the confusion of the typically disorganized battlefield; it was thousands of 12800 E. 48th Street S. brutal moments when small groups of men destroyed homes, food supplies, stray Independence, MO 64055 soldiers, and civilian lives and morale,” Michael Fellman writes. (816) 769-6490 If you lived in this area, your political views were a matter of life and death. Meetings 2nd Wednesday of each month Neutrality was not allowed, according to Mike Calvert, President of the Civil 7:00 p.m. War Round Table of Western Missouri. “You had to choose a side and you never Villages of Jackson Creek knew whose side was coming to your door . It was personal and bloody, 3980-A S. Jackson Drive especially on the civilian population.” People lied about their neighbors for (lower level) revenge or survival. Nobody was blameless in this war, according to local Independence, Missouri residents and historians. Visitors Always Welcome! Annual Dues From talking points of “Legacies of the Civil War” (Johnson Individual --------------------------- 15.00 County Library, October 25, 2011) Family ------------------------------- 25.00 Student (under 21) --------------- 5.00 Newsletter Only (no meetings) 10.00 Use of Code for Entrance and Exit at the Villages of Jackson Creek For Information Mike Calvert ------------------- 836-1013 Our meeting place is very generously provided by the Villages of Jackson Beverly Shaw ----------------- 225-7944 Creek, an Independence assisted living and nursing care facility. We meet Art Kelley ----------------------- 373-4101 in the eastern wing of the building which is occupied by the assisted living Mailing Address clients. In the evening the front doors are secured and can only be CWRTWM accessed by the keypad with the code 1207*. When you leave after the P.O. Box 3019 meeting, please be sure to utilize the keypad rather than forcing the doors Independence, MO 64055 open. Once you have entered 1207*, you will need to stand directly in front of the doors to activate them. If you have a problem, you can call **** NEW Website ***** Beverly on her cell phone number (816) 225-7944 to ask for assistance. www.CWRTWM.org CWRTWM Calendar Living History at Union Cemetery, Kansas City, MO Saturday, October 1, 2011 – 3:00 p.m. Civil War Bus Tour to Lexington, Missouri Union Cemetery, 227 E. 28th Terr., Kansas City, MO. Saturday, October 8, 2011 – 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of John Pickup at Truman Road and Main Street, Independence, Calvin McCoy, the father of Westport and Kansas City, MO. $48 which includes transportation, lunch, and all volunteers in costume will tell the story of early Kansas fees. Combined trip with the Civil War Round Table of Citians such as McCoy, Alexander Majors, and George Kansas City. Send check to Attn: Paul Gault, 7118 N. Caleb Bingham as their graves are visited. No charge Congress Ave., Kansas City, MO 64152. For further info but donations are welcome to support the Union call Beverly Shaw at (816) 225-7944. Cemetery Historical Society. A reception hosted by Westport Historical Society will conclude the tour at the October 2011 Membership Meeting Sexton’s Cottage. Wednesday, October 12, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. Villages of Jackson Creek (lower level), 3980-A S. Raytown Historical Society Ambassadors Jackson Drive, Independence, MO. Barbara Hughes: Monday, October 3, 2011 – 10:00 a.m. Portraying Caroline Quantrill, the mother of Missouri Raytown Historical Society, 9705 E. 63rd Street, guerrilla, William Clarke Quantrill, she will use first Raytown, MO. “The Civil War Ends.” person, music, historical replicas, and PowerPoint to give an in-depth look at the man who was either loved or Women in Missouri during the Civil War hated. Monday, October 3, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. Riverside Library, 2700 N.W. Vivion Road, Riverside, October 2011 Board Meeting MO. Barbara Hughes will portray Laura Flanery in a Wednesday, October 19, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. vignette as a woman forced out of her home who walked Home of Beverly Shaw, 17313 E. 51 Terr. Ct., to Texas from Jackson County. Other selected women’s Independence, MO. stories will be shared through PowerPoint, music and replicas. To register call (816) 741-6288. Other Civil War Events Abe Lincoln Live! The Civil War in Johnson County, Missouri Friday, September 30, 2011 – 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 4, 11 & 18, 2011 – 3:00 p.m. Plaza Library, 4801 Main St., Kansas City, MO. Family Historic Johnson County Courthouse, 308 N. Main, fun night features Larry Greer portraying Abraham Warrensburg, MO. Lifelong Learning from the Lincoln and Walter Coppage as Frederick Douglass. University of Central Missouri presents wartime history, Register by calling (816) 701-3481. music, and stories. Joseph Beilein begins on Oct. 4 with “Guerrilla Men, Rebel Women, and Household War in Walk with Civil War Spirits Civil War Missouri.” Dr. Jessica Cannon continues on Friday, September 30, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. Oct. 11 with “Music from the Civil War Period.” The North Park, 1500 S. Jefferson Parkway, Harrisonville, Lizard Creek String Bank will perform. The series ends MO. A candlelight walk through the woods to meet and on Oct. 18 with Anne Mallinson and Nancy Jackson talk with spirits of Cass Countians who experienced the Lewis who will present “Woe and Wrack upon Us All.” war. Featured figures will be Rachel Boone, a freed slave and mother of musician Blind Boone, guerrilla Archie Cass County Folklife Festival Clement, and Senator Francis Marion Cockrell. For Saturday, October 1, 2011 – 9:00 a.m. more info call Beverly Shaw at (816) 225-7944 (cell). North Park, 1500 S. Jefferson Parkway, Harrisonville, MO. Civil War Drills/Demos at 9:45 a.m., Civil War Civil War Women Come Alive Skirmish-Order No. 11 at 2:30 p.m., and Civil War Wednesday, October 5, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. Skirmish at 4:00 p.m. Also period music, dance and North Oak Library, 8700 N. Oak St. Trafficway, Kansas food. For further info call (816) 380-4396. City, MO. Stories shared through first person interpretation of both Union and Confederate women Tour of Mt. Memorial Cemetery, Liberty, MO such as tales of spies and nurses and wives who lived Saturday, October 1, 2011 – 10:00 a.m. through the war. To register call (816) 436-4385. Meet at the entrance to the cemetery on the campus of William Jewell College. Enter from Miller Street and continue up the hill. 2 Divided Loyalties – Civil War Documents Visit St. Wallace Grove, Pitcher Cemetery, Devil’s Backbone, Joseph, Missouri Wednesday, October 5, 2011 – and Big Blue Bridge. Lunch on your own. December 18, 2011, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. St. Joseph Museum, 3406 Frederick Ave., St. Joseph, MO. Divided 2:00 p.m. – Quantrill Society Headquarters opens at Loyalties: Civil War Documents from the Missouri Courthouse Exchange restaurant, 113 W. Lexington State Archives will be on display. Ave. Books & Exhibits. William C. Harris: Lincoln and the Border States 4:00 p.m. – Quantrill Society Annual Meeting at Thursday, October 6, 2011 – 6:30 p.m. Courthouse Exchange, 113 W. Lexington Ave., Central Library, 14 W. 10th Street, Kansas City, MO. Independence, MO. Award-winning historian William C. Harris will talk about his new book, Lincoln and the Border States: 6:00 p.m. – Banquet and Awards Dinner. $13. Advance Preserving the Union. To register call (816) 701-3400. reservation to William Clarke Quantrill Society, P. O. Mr. Harris was interviewed by telephone on September Box 520123, Independence, MO. Paul Peterson will 23rd by Monroe Dodd on the Walt Bodine Show, KCUR. speak on “Confessions of a Guerrilla Author.” To hear a podcast visit www.kcur.org/waltbodine.
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